Twins @ Angels
September 25, 1968

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Bottom 9 R H E
Twins 5 12 0
Angels 2 5 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Twins 5 12 0
Angels 2 5 1

Aurelio Rodriguez Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .251
OBP .333 .309
At Bats 2 215
Hits 0 54
• Singles 0 42
• Doubles 0 10
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 1 17
RBI’s 0 16

Jim Merritt Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
11 16 0
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Anaheim Stadium - September 25, 1968
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Strikeout
Jim Merritt
Bruce Look
Rich Reese
Rod Carew
Ron Clark
Rick Renick
Bob Allison
Pat Kelly
Graig Nettles
Aurelio Rodriguez

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Minnesota Twins 5 12 0 8
California Angels 2 5 1 6
Winning Pitcher Buzz Stephen
Losing Pitcher Jim McGlothlin
Save Jim Merritt
Game Winning RBI Harmon Killebrew
Attendance 6,995
Time of Game 2 hours 27 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Rodriguez strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Knoop strikes out.
Bottom 9 Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Reese scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Spencer for the out.
Top 9 Allison hits a popup towards short. Fregosi settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Renick takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Reese hits a fly ball into left field. Reichardt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Kelly hits a line drive towards short. Fregosi reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Satriano hits a line drive into center field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Reichardt hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Davalillo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Fregosi is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Merritt hits a ball on the ground towards first. Spencer scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Merritt for the out.
Top 8 Clark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Steve Kealey now pitching. Look hits a line drive into center field. Johnstone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Johnstone hits a line drive into center field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Jarvis Tatum pinch hits for Tom Burgmeier. Tatum hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Rick Renick now playing shortstop. Ron Clark now playing third base. Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Clark fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Nettles hits a line drive into right field. Davalillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoop fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Allison hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Killebrew hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Knoop hits a ball on the ground towards third. Killebrew fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Bottom 6 Spencer hits a popup, foul, towards third. Killebrew settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Satriano takes first base on ball four. Reichardt moves to second.
Bottom 6 Reichardt hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Jim Merritt now pitching. Davalillo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Reese scoops it up and throws to first, with Merritt covering, for the out.
Top 6 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards first. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first, with Burgmeier covering, for the out.
Top 6 Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards first. Spencer scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kelly for the out.
Top 6 Tom Burgmeier now pitching. Rich Rollins pinch hits for Buzz Stephen. Rollins strikes out.
Bottom 5 Fregosi hits a fly ball into right field. Nettles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Johnstone strikes out.
Bottom 5 Ed Kirkpatrick pinch hits for Sammy Ellis. Kirkpatrick takes first base on ball four. Rodriguez moves to second.
Bottom 5 Rodriguez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Rod Carew now playing second base. Ron Clark now playing shortstop. Knoop hits a ball on the ground towards third. Killebrew fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Clark hits a fly ball towards cemter. Johnstone catches it and throws to home to double up Carew.
Top 5 Sammy Ellis now pitching. Look takes first base on ball four. Nettles moves to second.
Top 5 Nettles hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Allison scores. Carew moves to third.
Top 5 Carew hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Allison moves to second.
Top 5 Allison hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Killebrew hits a fly ball into center field. Johnstone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Spencer hits a line drive into center field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Satriano hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Reichardt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Killebrew fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoop scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Kelly hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Clark trying to get to home. Davalillo throws the ball in to Satriano who tags Clark who's trying to score from second, for the out. Kelly moves to second.
Top 4 Stephen bunts towards first. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first, with Knoop covering, for the out. Clark moves to second.
Top 4 Clark hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Davalillo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stephen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Fregosi hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stephen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Johnstone hits a ball on the ground towards first. Reese scoops it up and throws to first, with Stephen covering, for the out.
Top 3 Look hits a ball on the ground towards first. Spencer scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Look for the out.
Top 3 Nettles hits a fly ball into center field. Johnstone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Carew strikes out.
Top 3 Allison hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Killebrew hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 3 Reese hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 McGlothlin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Carew scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Rodriguez strikes out.
Bottom 2 Knoop hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fregosi scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Stephen strikes out.
Top 2 Clark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoop misplays the ball. That's an error on Knoop. Look moves to second.
Top 2 Look hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Nettles scores.
Top 2 Nettles hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Davalillo who is chasing the ball. Nettles reaches third base with a triple.
Top 2 Carew hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knoop scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Spencer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Reichardt scores. There goes Satriano trying to get to third. Nettles throws the ball in to Killebrew, who tags Satriano for the out.
Bottom 1 Satriano hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Davalillo scores. Reichardt moves to second.
Bottom 1 Reichardt is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 1 There goes Davalillo. The throw from Look and he is safe. Davalillo steals second.
Bottom 1 Davalillo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stephen fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 Fregosi strikes out.
Bottom 1 Johnstone hits a ball on the ground towards first. Reese scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Johnstone for the out.
Top 1 Allison strikes out.
Top 1 Killebrew takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fregosi scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 There goes Kelly. The throw from Satriano to Fregosi and they have Kelly trapped. The throw over to Spencer, who applies the tag for the out.
Top 1 Kelly takes first base on ball four.